Sir Edward Elgar — A Life of Music

“Edward was taught piano by his father and assisted him when he tuned the pianos in the big houses.”

Part 1 — The Early Years

Edward William Elgar was born in the village of Lower Broadheath, just a handful of miles from Worcester, on the 2nd of June 1857. His mother Ann Elgar (nee Greening) was the daughter of a Hereford farmer, and his father, William Henry…